Police officers in Thailand have been very busy recently, cracking down on illegal underground gambling machines. The Bangkok Post reported on April 6 that the 5th Infantry Regiment task force had seized 159 slot machines in the country’s Sadao district.

The illegal machines were found in two shops, along with other gambling machine parts. Along with the seizure, two men were detained for questioning. No gambling was happening in the houses, it appears. The machines were waiting there before they would be shipped off to other locations in the country.

The police received a tip off that the slots were smuggled in from the Ban Dan Nok border checkpoint, which is a connection between Thailand and Malaysia.

Casino gambling, like on slot machines, has been completely illegal in Thailand since the Gambling Act of 1935. As a result, the only way citizens could legally gamble, if they wished to, would be to travel for their entertainment, with casinos in Cambodia being the nearest option.